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Hi everyone. I'm currently enrolled in school for the semester, but I wanted to take some time off during the summer to enroll in a CNA program. I do eventually want to take extra training to become a patient care technician so that I can also be able to work in the hospitals in my area (nyc). I find being a pct appealing because you get the opportunity to perform more duties such as blood draws, ekg monitoring, cpr, etc. Do you have to be a cna first in order to become a patient care technician, and do most employers require that you have experience as a nurse's aide before you can work as a pct? Also, are some hospitals willing to train cna's to become pct's? Your advice is appreciated.

I've contacted a number of nursing homes and hospitals in nyc and westchester and just about all of them say that they do not offer any cna training. Its extremely hard for me because the majority of cna training programs charge almost or over $1000 just to get trained, and that is definitely money I don't have.

Its interesting that you say that. I've actually contacted a few nursing homes in nyc, but unfortunately most don't offer any cna training. Does anyone know of any nursing homes in nyc that offer it? Hopefully I will be able to find a nursing home that offers a program. Thanks for the feedback.

Does anybody know of any inexpensive CNA programs in the NYC or the lower Hudson Valley area? I'm currently in school for the semester and I was thinking about enrolling in a program during the summer and hopefully becoming a cna.TIA

Ok, so today I just found out from an advisor at a CUNY nursing program that I was trying to get into that I might not be able to get into their ADN program as soon as I thought. I was planning on entering the ADN program in the fall of this year, but it looks like I'm gonna have to wait until the spring of 2010 . The reason why I have to wait is because I have to retake a Bio course that I received a D grade in and after I complete that I have to take A&P the semester after. My plans were to get into the program and then complete my bachelors soon afterwards but right now I'm thinking about getting into a BSN program even though their are so much more prerequisites than the associates program. Does anyone know of any good NY BSN programs that aren't so difficult to get into and are actually affordable, not to mention programs that don't have a really long waitlist?Any feedback is appreciated. TIA :wink2:

I was thinking about SUNY Buffalo but i live near the city and I thought it would be too far away if I go there. Initially, I was considering Hunter's BSN program but once I found out about the waiting list I said forget it. Is it easy to get into SUNY Buffalo's program? I would assume that it is pretty competitive seeing that it is a good school and all.

Hello everyone. Does anyone know if their are any suny schools in ny that offer a bsn degree and if so, are these programs difficult to get into and are their any waiting lists? I've been considering an associates program for some time now but thought twice about it after I made the decision that I wanted to obtain my masters in the future and figured that the bsn route would be a bit quicker. Any resxponce is greatly appreciated. TIA

I was actually able to receive advisement from the program of my choice and thankfully, they only calculate the grades received for the prerequisite courses which are A&P 1, Psy 101, Eng 110 and Algebra & Trigonometry. They won't consider other courses that I might have taken. One of the professors I spoke with told me that I only needed to complete A&P as well as the math course to finish all the program requirements since I already completed some prereqs. However I would have to take the NLN and do extremely well in order to make myself really competitive and get accepted into the program. Wish me luck!

Thanks so much to everyone for their advice :nuke:

Hey everyone. I'm new to this site but I have come across this website many times and found the information here very useful. I recently changed majors and decided that I would like to become a nurse and want to enroll at a local ADN program so that I can become an RN. However, I do feel that my GPA from previous semesters might be a factor and prevent me from getting in. These are some of the courses that I've already completed: 1st semester: 2.2 gpa Eng 110 C+ Medical Term B Speech D Math B 2nd semester: 1.3 gpa Eng 111 F# Psy B Bio D Eco W Math R 3rd semester: 3.0 Political Science B Sociology B Eng 111 B+ Math B These courses were taken at a community college but I have since transferred to a four year. My cumulative gpa is 2.4 but I was just wondering if there was any way that I can make myself more competitive and improve my chances of getting into a nursing program. Has anybody personally overcome a low gpa and got accepted into a nursing program? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks :nuke: